Summary
Tom Arthurs is a seasoned IT management and infrastructure leader with over 30 years of experience designing, securing, and recovering complex Unix/Linux and multi-tier web systems across government, finance, and SaaS companies. He pioneered systems management at the U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit), leading earthquake recovery and establishing national court automation and disaster-recovery practices. Tom scaled high-traffic web properties and cut operating costs dramatically through performance and architecture improvements, including a credit card site growth from 200k to 1.5M monthly visits and email throughput leaps that reduced costs from $350k to $48k annually. Comfortable at both technical and strategic levels, he has deep expertise in security policy, audits, and build/release cycles, and has served in senior roles at Taleo and Oracle. Now retired in California, he brings a rare blend of hands-on systems engineering, crisis leadership, and institutional knowledge that accelerates resilient infrastructure programs.
8 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer